AFRICA: Libyian political parties and members of civil society initialled a UN-proposed peace accord in Morocco, despite the absence of a rival parliament not recognised by the international community.

Panama: The country was certified as a country free of measles and congenital rubella syndrome by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), an official said. (EFE)

ASIA

Region: South Korean troops fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who intruded in the buffer zone marking their heavily armed border, in the first such skirmish this year. (AFP)

Afghanistan: About 20 militants have been killed as the army waged military operations in separate provinces, the country’s Defense Ministry said. (Xinhua)

Sri Lanka: The ruling party, the United National Party (UNP), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its partners in a newly formed political alliance to contest Parliament elections scheduled for next month. (Xinhua)

Kosovo: Authorities say they cut off the water supply to tens of thousands of people in the capital after police arrested five suspects linked to the Islamic State group who allegedly were planning to poison a reservoir. (AP)

Serbia: The prime minister was forced to flee a ceremony held to mark 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre, when mourners hurled stones and bottles at him in what his government later described as an attempted assassination. (Reuters)

MIDDLE EAST

Egypt: The IS group said it exploded a deadly car bomb outside the Italian consulate in Cairo, warning Muslims to stay away from such places, SITE Intelligence Group reported. (AFP)

Iraq: Up to 28 people were killed and 20 others wounded in clashes and air strikes by Iraqi forces on IS militants across Iraq. (Xinhua)

Yemen: A UN-proposed truce in Yemen, aimed at delivering desperately needed aid to millions threatened with famine, failed to take hold as clashes and Saudi-led coalition air strikes persisted. (AFP)